NASCAR Cup Series

MICHAEL WALTRIP, No. 55 Aaron's Color Your Way Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Starting Position: 9th What does this type of qualifying result mean to you? "Well, it's cool because of my team. This reminds me a whole lot of when I endurance race."

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed racing at Talladega, his season to-date, the Earnhardt legacy at Talladega, Danica Patrick and other topics.

Each race weekend, selected SRT Motorsports engineers, Penske Racing engineers and crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race.

NASCAR’s longest continuously operating race team and one of the sport’s highest profile sponsors are going racing together in the Sprint Cup Series.

The Jessie Rees Foundation and the Graham Rahal Foundation are the next two charities selected for the 2012 Jimmie Johnson Foundation Blue Bunny Helmet of Hope, which Johnson will wear in the June 24 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Are you looking forward to racing this weekend at Talladega? "It's Talladega, so you never know what to expect here. I feel like we have two pretty good race cars with the No. 18 M&M's Camry on the Sprint Cup side and No. 54 Monster Energy Camry on the Nationwide side."

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, met with media and discussed his season to-date, how the current point system affords everyone a chance, race conditions and weather conditions for this weekend’s Talladega race, the Kentucky Derby, and more.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/OLD SPICE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed the first practice, car temperatures and handling and other topics.

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, met with media members at Talladega Superspeedway after the first practice session Friday afternoon. Edwards talked about the weekend ahead and other topics.

"Well, it's kind of like an off weekend for the teams, really. There's not a whole lot of adjusting you have. It's whatever you show up with is pretty much what you are going to race with."